I have a question to all anons
Should I buy 2060S or wait for new gpu's in the same price range?
GPU upgrade questions
Jeremiah Bennett
Chase Evans
New consoles are close to coming out. And if the specs are half as good as what some people are claiming: they're going to drive down costs of components, especially GPUs. Which is good because these greedy fucks are trying to push $600 for midtier shit.
Jeremiah Butler
What's your current setup? What games does it struggle with?
Personally I'd wait for next gen, but if you have some toaster, go ahead and buy modern card, fuck waiting.
Oliver Smith
If you have any interest in switching to GNU/Linux you should seriously consider AMD over Nvidia due to the higher quality drivers.
RDNA2 cards are likely to be released around the same time as the next-gen consoles if not before, though they'll likely start with the rumored higher-end *900 card to avoid stealing the low-end thunder of the integrated graphics in the new consoles.
Kayden Cruz
If RDNA2 cards end up being good you may see Nvidia lower prices a bit. The RTX meme is the only reason they charge a premium over the current RDNA cards.
5700XT has comparable performance to the 2070 Super minus RTX capabilities and it's like 100+ dollars cheaper.
Angel Fisher
I have ryzen 1600 and amd r9 390
I use win and Gnu
I don't use gnu for gaming so I don't care
I need Cuda for apps but I may choose Amd if it's really worth it
Grayson Carter
Isn't 5700 XT more on par with 2060S?
Charles King
Also AMD drivers aren't the best for all games
Jace Jenkins
It's somewhere in between but not by much, it's very close to the performance of the 2070S.
Cooper Jones
Depending on what you're playing, you might take a shot at gaming with your 390 on GNU/Linux then. Won't be a big upgrade, but the higher quality of the open source drivers and the greater use of Vulkan can really help.
Using a well supported card with open drivers can really help even with just the desktop experience.